Season of the Christmas cycle*December 25: The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior, Jesus Christ Holy Day of Oblig.December 26: Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of GodJanuary 1: Circumcision of Our Lord and the Memory of St. Basil the Great*January 6: Theophany (Baptism) of Our Lord Holy Day of ObligationJanuary 21: Martin Luther King Day (USA)

Pre-Paschal SeasonJanuary 30: Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John ChrysostomFebruary 2: Presentation of Our Lord in the TempleFebruary 3: Sunday of ZacchaeusFebruary 10: Sunday of the Publican and the PhariseeFebruary 17: Sunday of the Prodigal SonFebruary 23: First All-Souls SaturdayFebruary 24: Sunday of Meat-FareMarch 3: Sunday of Cheese-Fare

The Great FastMarch 4: First Day of the Great FastMarch 10: First Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy)March 16: Second All-Souls SaturdayMarch 17: Second Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas)March 23: Third All-Souls SaturdayMarch 24: Third Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy Cross)March 25: Annunciation to the Mother of GodMarch 30: Fourth All-Souls SaturdayMarch 31: Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. John of the Ladder)April 6: Akathistos SaturdayApril 7: Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt)

Season of PentecostJune 16: Sunday of All SaintsJune 17-28: The Apostles' FastJune 24: The Birth of John the Baptist*June 29: Feast of SS Peter and Paul, Apostles Holy Day of ObligationJuly 4: Independence Day (USA)July 14: Sunday of the Fathers of the First 6 Ecumenical CouncilsJuly 20: Elijah Great Prophet (the Holy Prophet Elias)August 1-14: Dormition FastAugust 6: Transfiguration of Our Lord*August 15: Dormition of the Mother of God Holy Day of ObligationAugust 29: Beheading of John the Baptist